1 00:00:02,733 --> 00:00:04,818 Brock, what are you doing? 2 00:00:05,319 --> 00:00:07,696 Getting ready for surgery. What's it look like? 3 00:00:07,946 --> 00:00:09,906 You're operating on my sister. 4 00:00:10,866 --> 00:00:13,243 And my fiancée. 5 00:00:13,368 --> 00:00:15,162 You're drunk. You could kill her. 6 00:00:16,330 --> 00:00:19,249 It's the only way to stop my hands from shaking. 7 00:00:19,374 --> 00:00:20,792 I need to drink. 8 00:00:21,543 --> 00:00:23,295 For Anna. 9 00:00:23,420 --> 00:00:26,298 What about our baby? 10 00:00:27,007 --> 00:00:28,967 Our baby? 11 00:00:33,639 --> 00:00:39,019 Brock! Oh, my God! Brock, are you okay? Brock, speak to me. 12 00:00:40,604 --> 00:00:43,732 Oh, my God! I think he's really hurt. 13 00:00:43,857 --> 00:00:44,733 Cut! 14 00:00:45,359 --> 00:00:47,527 (BELL RINGS) 15 00:00:47,778 --> 00:00:48,779 (SIGHS) 16 00:00:48,904 --> 00:00:51,114 That was scary. I thought for a second you were really... 17 00:00:51,239 --> 00:00:54,076 Then you're going to be the only one in the world who did. 18 00:00:54,951 --> 00:00:56,578 This is ridiculous. 19 00:00:56,703 --> 00:00:57,663 That was great, Evan. 20 00:00:57,788 --> 00:00:58,789 No, it wasn't. It was crap. 21 00:00:58,914 --> 00:01:00,165 The fans are going to love it. 22 00:01:00,290 --> 00:01:01,958 The fans are crap. I'm crap. 23 00:01:02,084 --> 00:01:04,878 This whole damn show is crap! 24 00:01:05,003 --> 00:01:06,797 Sorry, not your fault. 25 00:01:38,745 --> 00:01:41,998 Where are you going? My apartment's on the West Side. 26 00:01:42,124 --> 00:01:44,793 Excuse me, you need to go the other way. 27 00:01:46,086 --> 00:01:47,963 Hey, did you hear what I said? 28 00:01:53,552 --> 00:01:56,388 What the hell's going on here? What do you want? 29 00:01:56,972 --> 00:01:59,516 HOUSE: An autographed picture would be nice. 30 00:02:00,892 --> 00:02:04,604 Oh, and I'm also going to save your life. 31 00:02:46,146 --> 00:02:48,899 You might want to think about repositioning the crosswalk. 32 00:02:49,024 --> 00:02:51,902 It's technically not a violation, but the closer they are to the entrance, 33 00:02:52,027 --> 00:02:53,737 the more likely they are to be used. 34 00:02:53,862 --> 00:02:54,946 Makes sense. 35 00:02:55,071 --> 00:02:57,699 Listen, I actually wasn't expecting you until next month. 36 00:02:57,824 --> 00:03:01,161 Yeah, that's the problem with planned visits, administrators plan for them. 37 00:03:02,537 --> 00:03:05,999 The most recent New Jersey Hospital Accreditation requirements. 38 00:03:06,124 --> 00:03:07,793 Yeah, I'm familiar with... (HORN HONKING) 39 00:03:15,717 --> 00:03:17,177 Who is that? 40 00:03:17,969 --> 00:03:20,931 I have no idea. Shall we get started? 41 00:03:24,267 --> 00:03:28,522 Just let me go. I won't press charges. I'll forget the whole thing. 42 00:03:28,647 --> 00:03:31,274 That's probably true, seeing as how you have a brain tumor. 43 00:03:33,318 --> 00:03:36,154 You're that nut-job doctor that keeps calling my publicist. 44 00:03:36,279 --> 00:03:38,824 Actually, I'm the nut-job Head of Diagnostic Medicine. 45 00:03:38,949 --> 00:03:43,036 I run every day. I don't get headaches. I'm fine. So, if you don't mind... 46 00:03:43,161 --> 00:03:44,704 Actually, I do mind. 47 00:03:44,830 --> 00:03:48,458 I don't care if you die, but if Brock Sterling dies, 48 00:03:48,583 --> 00:03:52,045 Anna never finds out he's the father of Marie's baby. 49 00:03:52,337 --> 00:03:53,421 Help! 50 00:03:53,547 --> 00:03:54,840 Help! 51 00:03:55,215 --> 00:03:58,051 We're gonna need a wheelchair here! 52 00:03:58,677 --> 00:04:00,554 Look, in the last month, 53 00:04:00,679 --> 00:04:04,724 your average line reading has slowed from 2.1 seconds to 2.9. 54 00:04:04,850 --> 00:04:06,810 You're pausing more, always at the same interval, 55 00:04:06,935 --> 00:04:08,520 every seven to nine words, 56 00:04:08,645 --> 00:04:11,398 which means you're having trouble reading one side of the teleprompter, 57 00:04:11,523 --> 00:04:12,691 which means a peripheral vision problem, 58 00:04:12,816 --> 00:04:15,986 which means a tumor in your occipital lobe. 59 00:04:17,821 --> 00:04:21,533 Just one test. If there's nothing wrong, I'll take you right back home. 60 00:04:27,747 --> 00:04:31,042 Make it cab fare. I don't want you anywhere near my house. 61 00:04:35,046 --> 00:04:37,090 Just put it in my spot. 62 00:04:37,966 --> 00:04:41,052 The Accreditation Board is here to protect us and our patients. 63 00:04:41,177 --> 00:04:43,680 So, in dealing with the onsite inspector, 64 00:04:43,805 --> 00:04:48,476 please behave as if it wasn't also an enormous pain in the ass. Thank you. 65 00:04:48,727 --> 00:04:51,479 Chase, Foreman, Cameron, up here, please. 66 00:04:55,859 --> 00:04:57,152 Why is House driving a limo? 67 00:04:57,277 --> 00:04:59,279 - Don't know. - Don't have to know. 68 00:04:59,404 --> 00:05:01,031 Don't care. 69 00:05:01,156 --> 00:05:03,992 CUDDY: Wrong. Until this inspection is over you're back on House-watch. 70 00:05:04,117 --> 00:05:05,493 Current case. Past cases. 71 00:05:05,619 --> 00:05:06,453 He doesn't have a current case. 72 00:05:06,578 --> 00:05:07,746 I have a whole department. 73 00:05:07,871 --> 00:05:09,664 And are you going to fire us if we don't? 74 00:05:09,789 --> 00:05:12,751 I was just asking for your help. 75 00:05:16,254 --> 00:05:20,759 The last time I checked the ER, you had the best-kept charts in the building. 76 00:05:20,884 --> 00:05:23,345 Last time I checked the 4th-floor janitor's closet, 77 00:05:23,470 --> 00:05:24,804 I found House's charts. 78 00:05:24,930 --> 00:05:26,765 He hasn't filed anything since you left. 79 00:05:26,890 --> 00:05:28,016 Now, House may not care 80 00:05:28,141 --> 00:05:30,060 whether this hospital's accreditation gets downgraded, 81 00:05:30,185 --> 00:05:34,189 but the people who sign my paychecks do. So, I repeat: Current. Past. 82 00:05:34,314 --> 00:05:35,815 He doesn't have a current case. 83 00:05:35,941 --> 00:05:38,276 Did he tell you about the limo? 84 00:05:38,860 --> 00:05:41,905 So, I just press this button every time I see a light? 85 00:05:42,030 --> 00:05:43,949 Tells me where your blind spots are. 86 00:05:45,158 --> 00:05:47,619 So, the twins, 87 00:05:48,036 --> 00:05:49,871 they're going to turn out to be yours, aren't they? 88 00:05:49,996 --> 00:05:52,749 I told you, I can't talk about that stuff. 89 00:05:53,416 --> 00:05:55,877 But you want to be done with this, right? 90 00:05:57,963 --> 00:06:00,048 One's mine, one's Julio's. 91 00:06:00,882 --> 00:06:02,258 I knew it! 92 00:06:03,176 --> 00:06:06,846 Julio knocked her up before her appendix burst. You got her after. 93 00:06:07,389 --> 00:06:09,474 How can you watch that stuff? 94 00:06:09,766 --> 00:06:10,892 Because it's awesome. 95 00:06:11,017 --> 00:06:14,771 It's preposterous, not one real moment since I've been on the show. 96 00:06:14,896 --> 00:06:19,192 As opposed to shows that represent the world exactly the way it is, like... 97 00:06:20,110 --> 00:06:21,194 Can't think of any. 98 00:06:21,486 --> 00:06:22,862 What's going on? 99 00:06:23,113 --> 00:06:27,742 Hospital is being inspected, and Cuddy dispatched you to keep an eye on me. 100 00:06:28,952 --> 00:06:30,954 I just parked a Town Car in an ambulance bay, 101 00:06:31,079 --> 00:06:34,499 and instead of ripping me one, Cuddy acted like she didn't know me. 102 00:06:34,624 --> 00:06:36,918 It's either an inspection or an aneurysm. 103 00:06:37,043 --> 00:06:37,877 What's the test say? 104 00:06:38,294 --> 00:06:39,963 As I suspected, 105 00:06:40,755 --> 00:06:44,300 you have significant losses in the upper right quadrant of your visual field. 106 00:06:44,426 --> 00:06:45,385 Are you serious? 107 00:06:45,510 --> 00:06:46,720 No, it's a joke. 108 00:06:47,178 --> 00:06:48,430 Two guys go into a bar, 109 00:06:48,555 --> 00:06:50,640 and one has significant losses in the upper right quadrant 110 00:06:50,765 --> 00:06:51,599 of his visual field. 111 00:06:51,725 --> 00:06:53,935 The other one says you're going to need an MRI 112 00:06:54,060 --> 00:06:56,104 to confirm the type and location of the tumor. 113 00:06:56,229 --> 00:06:58,189 That readout says his vision's fine. 114 00:06:58,314 --> 00:06:59,190 HOUSE: No, it doesn't. 115 00:06:59,315 --> 00:07:00,567 Yes, it does. 116 00:07:00,984 --> 00:07:02,777 You lied to me? 117 00:07:02,902 --> 00:07:06,239 I kidnapped you, and you're surprised that I lied to you? 118 00:07:06,865 --> 00:07:09,743 It just means that the symptoms are intermittent. 119 00:07:09,868 --> 00:07:12,454 You come near me again, I'm calling the police. 120 00:07:12,579 --> 00:07:15,331 You kidnapped him? 121 00:07:15,457 --> 00:07:18,668 It's sweet that I haven't lost the ability to surprise you. 122 00:07:27,052 --> 00:07:28,428 Are you mocking me? 123 00:07:28,553 --> 00:07:30,221 My back. My back is killing me. 124 00:07:30,346 --> 00:07:31,473 Don't care. Busy. 125 00:07:31,598 --> 00:07:32,932 Amber's damn mattress. 126 00:07:33,058 --> 00:07:35,727 Well, that sucks. Don't buy a new one. 127 00:07:36,478 --> 00:07:38,772 Are you being sarcastic? Because we are buying one. 128 00:07:38,897 --> 00:07:40,732 She's incapable of doing anything that matters 129 00:07:40,857 --> 00:07:43,526 without turning it into a zero-sum game. 130 00:07:43,651 --> 00:07:45,612 We're buying a mattress. For us. 131 00:07:45,737 --> 00:07:48,281 Wow, I'm faster than you right now. 132 00:07:52,911 --> 00:07:57,499 It's all about her and whatever hapless salesman wanders into her sights. 133 00:07:57,957 --> 00:08:02,545 She's going to lie, steal and trade your testes to get whatever she wants. 134 00:08:03,755 --> 00:08:08,009 Hold on. Just got to do something before he dials the second "one." 135 00:08:11,596 --> 00:08:14,974 You're going to end up humiliated, holding her purse 136 00:08:15,850 --> 00:08:18,812 and going home to sleep on a new mattress you hate. 137 00:08:18,937 --> 00:08:20,522 What the hell are you doing? 138 00:08:20,647 --> 00:08:21,856 He needs a MRI. 139 00:08:23,733 --> 00:08:26,986 Give me one-millimeter slices from the cortex down. 140 00:08:27,654 --> 00:08:31,032 Any particular reason you decided to sedate a patient 141 00:08:31,157 --> 00:08:32,992 for a procedure that's completely painless? 142 00:08:33,118 --> 00:08:36,704 Guy has a history of violent outbursts during surgical procedures. 143 00:08:36,830 --> 00:08:38,248 Yeah, on TV. 144 00:08:39,249 --> 00:08:42,210 It's Evan Greer. He's the main stud on House's soap. 145 00:08:42,335 --> 00:08:44,671 Frontal cortex looks clean. No tumors. 146 00:08:44,796 --> 00:08:47,924 Increase the magnification on the occipital lobe. 147 00:08:48,258 --> 00:08:51,219 You watch because you like or because I like? 148 00:08:51,511 --> 00:08:53,179 I was unemployed. I... 149 00:08:53,304 --> 00:08:54,180 (Buzzes) 150 00:08:54,305 --> 00:08:56,891 Sorry, that's not an answer, that's an apology. 151 00:08:57,350 --> 00:08:59,352 If we are ever to come out of the darkness, we have to be proud... 152 00:08:59,477 --> 00:09:02,856 Occipital, frontal and temporal lobes are clean, so is the optic nerve. 153 00:09:02,981 --> 00:09:04,941 Definitely no tumors. 154 00:09:06,776 --> 00:09:07,777 He's fine? 155 00:09:07,902 --> 00:09:09,529 And awake. (EVAN GROANING) 156 00:09:11,781 --> 00:09:13,366 What should we tell him? 157 00:09:14,784 --> 00:09:17,036 See if you can talk him out of suing me. 158 00:09:20,665 --> 00:09:22,750 He kidnapped me! He drugged me! 159 00:09:22,876 --> 00:09:24,544 Perhaps you should go out the back way. 160 00:09:25,003 --> 00:09:27,547 I'm not going anywhere you people tell me to go. 161 00:09:27,797 --> 00:09:31,467 It's just someone of your fame... I figured fans... 162 00:09:31,593 --> 00:09:34,721 You're trying to hide me. You don't want me making a scene. 163 00:09:34,846 --> 00:09:36,598 The hospital is being inspected today. 164 00:09:36,723 --> 00:09:38,308 And you want me to do you a favor? 165 00:09:38,433 --> 00:09:41,561 Not us, our dean of medicine. And House hates her. 166 00:09:41,686 --> 00:09:44,022 You'd be doing House a favor by complaining. 167 00:09:45,148 --> 00:09:46,149 Oh. 168 00:09:48,610 --> 00:09:51,613 This hospital is staffed with lunatics and criminals. 169 00:09:51,738 --> 00:09:53,740 Excuse me, where is Dr. Cuddy? 170 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:57,452 It's my foot. What did he do to me? 171 00:09:57,577 --> 00:09:58,453 What did House do? 172 00:09:58,578 --> 00:10:00,246 Nothing. I was with him the whole time. 173 00:10:00,371 --> 00:10:02,165 It's numb. I can't feel it. 174 00:10:06,711 --> 00:10:08,254 I can't walk. 175 00:10:14,844 --> 00:10:16,888 Foot numbness has a huge differential. 176 00:10:17,305 --> 00:10:21,643 That gets a lot narrower when you add in peripheral-vision problems. 177 00:10:21,893 --> 00:10:25,438 Which gets a lot wider when there's no proof he ever had a vision problem. 178 00:10:25,563 --> 00:10:27,106 KUTNER: So House was wrong about the first symptom, 179 00:10:27,232 --> 00:10:28,775 but the guy just happened to develop 180 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:30,985 a second, unrelated symptom a few hours later? 181 00:10:31,110 --> 00:10:33,780 He already kidnapped and sedated the guy against his will. 182 00:10:33,905 --> 00:10:37,033 Makes sense he'd also do something to numb his foot so he couldn't leave. 183 00:10:37,158 --> 00:10:39,994 But it doesn't make sense to include a symptom that he caused 184 00:10:40,119 --> 00:10:42,497 in a differential he's so desperate to solve. 185 00:10:42,914 --> 00:10:44,165 Unless he didn't mean to cause it. 186 00:10:44,290 --> 00:10:48,002 Stick to the filing, sweetheart. Let the doctors do the doctoring. 187 00:10:48,127 --> 00:10:49,712 Either toxins or vitamin deficiency... 188 00:10:49,837 --> 00:10:50,964 I'm guessing, when you drugged him, 189 00:10:51,089 --> 00:10:53,007 you didn't catch him and ease him to the floor. 190 00:10:53,591 --> 00:10:55,260 He could've pinched a nerve in his ankle when he fell. 191 00:10:55,385 --> 00:10:57,887 You need to run an EMG test for motor nerve entrapment 192 00:10:58,012 --> 00:11:00,515 or the inspector will own your ass. 193 00:11:01,099 --> 00:11:04,644 Kutner, leave the room, wait 30 minutes, 194 00:11:04,769 --> 00:11:06,354 come back and tell her the test was negative. 195 00:11:06,479 --> 00:11:08,982 Is it okay if I use that time to do the test? 196 00:11:09,357 --> 00:11:10,692 Get out of here. 197 00:11:10,817 --> 00:11:13,194 And the rest of them can help me with all this stuff. 198 00:11:13,486 --> 00:11:15,697 They're busy, which is really annoying, 199 00:11:15,822 --> 00:11:17,824 because I wanted to be able to say that they're busy 200 00:11:17,949 --> 00:11:20,034 for no other reason than to screw with you. 201 00:11:20,535 --> 00:11:21,828 Research. 202 00:11:22,996 --> 00:11:23,997 (SIGHS) 203 00:11:24,789 --> 00:11:26,124 So the nut job was right? 204 00:11:26,958 --> 00:11:28,293 Usually is. 205 00:11:29,711 --> 00:11:31,379 He said I was dying. 206 00:11:32,964 --> 00:11:36,217 He's wrong a lot, too. That's why we do these tests. 207 00:11:36,342 --> 00:11:39,804 Bet it's cool, you know, being the star of a hit TV show? 208 00:11:40,555 --> 00:11:44,183 It's a daytime soap. it pretty much puts me one step above dinner theater. 209 00:11:44,309 --> 00:11:46,019 Come on, you're on TV every day. 210 00:11:46,144 --> 00:11:49,188 And who cares what the critics think? Women love soaps. 211 00:11:49,439 --> 00:11:54,027 You get to take pride in your job, feel good when you go home at night. 212 00:11:54,152 --> 00:11:56,070 You're entertaining people. 213 00:11:56,195 --> 00:11:57,196 I don't care. 214 00:11:57,613 --> 00:11:59,657 Then you've made a strange career choice. 215 00:11:59,782 --> 00:12:01,659 Look, I'm pandering. 216 00:12:01,784 --> 00:12:05,246 I want to be part of something that inspires people. 217 00:12:05,371 --> 00:12:09,167 So, quit. Find something inspiring and do it. 218 00:12:09,292 --> 00:12:10,543 It's not that easy. 219 00:12:10,668 --> 00:12:11,669 Why not? 220 00:12:14,547 --> 00:12:16,090 Just isn't. 221 00:12:20,678 --> 00:12:23,806 It's my heart, Doctor. It's racing. 222 00:12:24,057 --> 00:12:26,809 I'm sure it's nothing. You're a healthy woman, Marie. 223 00:12:27,101 --> 00:12:29,312 MARIE: Shouldn't you examine me? 224 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,148 BROCK: Why don't you have Rico do it? 225 00:12:32,273 --> 00:12:35,068 You can't tell me you didn't notice that pause. 226 00:12:35,568 --> 00:12:36,778 Sorry. 227 00:12:36,903 --> 00:12:38,905 She's never waking up. 228 00:12:39,322 --> 00:12:42,367 This is a whole new experience in super hi-def. 229 00:12:42,492 --> 00:12:44,994 I had no idea Marie wore an underwire. 230 00:12:45,119 --> 00:12:47,121 It does sound a little forced. 231 00:12:47,246 --> 00:12:50,291 Could be stiffening in his tongue, which is a symptom of myxedema. 232 00:12:50,416 --> 00:12:55,338 It's not the tongue. It's the dialogue. I think I dated that nurse, though. 233 00:12:58,299 --> 00:12:59,342 No. 234 00:13:00,218 --> 00:13:02,470 What about the way he's holding that stethoscope? 235 00:13:02,595 --> 00:13:05,181 The thumb and forefinger are meeting at an odd angle. 236 00:13:05,306 --> 00:13:07,892 Could be a demyelination from toxic exposure. 237 00:13:08,017 --> 00:13:09,227 Back it up. 238 00:13:11,020 --> 00:13:12,146 What's this, the AV Club? 239 00:13:12,271 --> 00:13:14,941 It's diagnostic. Everything's under control. 240 00:13:15,066 --> 00:13:19,112 Yeah, excellent job so far. House, outside. 241 00:13:21,114 --> 00:13:22,949 Keep watching. 242 00:13:23,074 --> 00:13:26,244 You'll never guess what Rico's got in that box. 243 00:13:26,369 --> 00:13:28,955 MARIE: Rico doesn't even know I'm alive. 244 00:13:29,455 --> 00:13:32,959 You have an obsession with an actor or the character he plays. I feel for you. 245 00:13:33,084 --> 00:13:35,461 You need to work it out. But I need you to do it 246 00:13:35,586 --> 00:13:39,298 when the hospital's accreditation, and my job, are not on the line. 247 00:13:39,424 --> 00:13:43,428 You want the star of the hottest daytime drama on TV to die in your hospital? 248 00:13:43,553 --> 00:13:47,306 No, I want you to cure him without committing any more felonies. 249 00:13:47,432 --> 00:13:50,435 I can't do my job if you're going to tie my hands like that. 250 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:51,936 Fifty-one weeks out of the year, 251 00:13:52,061 --> 00:13:55,940 I let you run around like a monkey in a banana factory. 252 00:13:56,065 --> 00:13:58,985 All I'm asking is that you tone it down for a few days. 253 00:14:01,154 --> 00:14:02,530 I want that TV. 254 00:14:02,655 --> 00:14:03,865 We're not bargaining. 255 00:14:03,990 --> 00:14:06,534 You want something. Either you're bargaining or you're begging. 256 00:14:06,659 --> 00:14:08,453 Me keeping my job is good for you. 257 00:14:08,578 --> 00:14:10,746 Yes, but it's better for you. 258 00:14:11,539 --> 00:14:13,249 I just want us to be equally happy. 259 00:14:13,374 --> 00:14:17,128 EMG was negative for nerve entrapment. Means the foot's a real symptom. 260 00:14:17,253 --> 00:14:18,838 It could be vitamin deficiency. 261 00:14:18,963 --> 00:14:21,382 - Or a toxin. - Or atherosclerosis. 262 00:14:21,507 --> 00:14:22,550 Or a toxin. 263 00:14:22,675 --> 00:14:24,260 Why is toxin a better idea? 264 00:14:24,385 --> 00:14:25,511 Might not be. 265 00:14:25,636 --> 00:14:27,805 We'll know after I'm finished searching his set and dressing room 266 00:14:27,930 --> 00:14:30,850 for medically relevant stuff. 267 00:14:31,767 --> 00:14:33,227 Got to go. Need a decision. 268 00:14:33,352 --> 00:14:35,271 You're not going to cut your own throat. 269 00:14:35,396 --> 00:14:37,398 Yeah, that sounds like me. 270 00:14:37,815 --> 00:14:42,111 Test for heavy metals, organics, bio toxins, and search the home. 271 00:14:47,116 --> 00:14:49,243 I liked the pillow-top. 272 00:14:49,368 --> 00:14:50,369 I like this one. 273 00:14:52,830 --> 00:14:55,249 Great taste. That model's top-of-the-line. 274 00:14:55,374 --> 00:14:56,292 How much is it? 275 00:14:56,417 --> 00:14:58,002 $1,999. It's a great price. 276 00:14:58,127 --> 00:15:01,088 - And what about... - That's too rich for us. 277 00:15:02,215 --> 00:15:04,217 I don't know. You think... 278 00:15:05,009 --> 00:15:08,471 Honey, we can't afford that, not with a baby on the way. 279 00:15:09,222 --> 00:15:11,098 Congratulations. Your first? 280 00:15:11,599 --> 00:15:12,517 Yes. 281 00:15:13,017 --> 00:15:15,728 How about I knock 100 bucks off, maybe throw in free delivery. 282 00:15:15,853 --> 00:15:17,688 Money's really tight right now. 283 00:15:17,813 --> 00:15:20,316 I'm a law clerk, and my husband just got laid off. 284 00:15:20,441 --> 00:15:23,361 He has an interview today. Wish him luck. 285 00:15:24,153 --> 00:15:25,696 Good luck. 286 00:15:25,821 --> 00:15:26,989 Fingers crossed. 287 00:15:27,573 --> 00:15:31,285 We might be able to afford $1,500. 288 00:15:31,494 --> 00:15:33,329 I'd have to check with my manager. 289 00:15:33,454 --> 00:15:34,997 Thanks. I appreciate it. 290 00:15:36,749 --> 00:15:37,917 (PAGER BEEPING) 291 00:15:38,042 --> 00:15:39,794 Hold this, would you? 292 00:15:43,297 --> 00:15:45,258 911 from work. I better go. 293 00:15:46,133 --> 00:15:50,137 So, am I getting the hard mattress or do I have to go to my job interview? 294 00:15:50,263 --> 00:15:53,307 Whatever mattress you want. I'm fine either way. 295 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:55,726 You... Really? 296 00:15:55,851 --> 00:15:58,479 Really. Just as long as I get to help you break it in. 297 00:16:04,860 --> 00:16:05,861 (SIGHS) 298 00:16:07,071 --> 00:16:09,282 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 299 00:16:15,204 --> 00:16:18,833 Pack your manhood on ice, maybe the hospital can re-attach it. 300 00:16:18,958 --> 00:16:21,377 You were so wrong. She's letting me choose. 301 00:16:21,502 --> 00:16:23,921 "You choose" does not mean you choose. 302 00:16:24,046 --> 00:16:25,798 Really? It sounded like "You choose." 303 00:16:25,923 --> 00:16:30,261 I suppose it's possible she meant "House is so, so wrong." 304 00:16:30,386 --> 00:16:35,933 It's a trap. It means, "if you love me, you'll buy the one I want." 305 00:16:36,058 --> 00:16:38,102 Amber doesn't do passive-aggressive. 306 00:16:38,227 --> 00:16:41,897 People who do aggressive don't like to limit themselves. 307 00:16:42,148 --> 00:16:45,151 Could a leaky space heater cause vision problems and numbness? 308 00:16:45,276 --> 00:16:48,112 He'd have gotten better at the hospital. It's not a trap. 309 00:16:48,237 --> 00:16:50,615 Did I hear a question mark at the end of that sentence? 310 00:16:51,032 --> 00:16:53,159 WILSON: House, look. She's... 311 00:16:53,284 --> 00:16:54,410 Got to go. 312 00:16:55,620 --> 00:16:58,247 Manager says I can do that price. 313 00:17:01,167 --> 00:17:03,586 The gin bottles are all gifts from fans. 314 00:17:03,711 --> 00:17:06,839 Brock Sterling drinks on the show, but Evan doesn't drink at all. 315 00:17:06,964 --> 00:17:10,551 He's on this whole health kick right now. Fruits, nuts... 316 00:17:10,676 --> 00:17:13,387 Did you take those from his dressing room? 317 00:17:13,512 --> 00:17:14,597 No. 318 00:17:15,431 --> 00:17:17,391 You're not going to marry Brock, are you? 319 00:17:17,516 --> 00:17:20,603 We've been waiting four years for him to make it official with Anna. 320 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,189 Are you really a doctor? 321 00:17:23,314 --> 00:17:26,233 Glioblastoma. Need more proof? 322 00:17:26,984 --> 00:17:30,196 So, no toxins on the set. What about his regular life? 323 00:17:30,321 --> 00:17:32,782 Unusual hobbies? Unsavory friends? 324 00:17:32,907 --> 00:17:36,202 No, I've been out with him. He's as vanilla as they come. 325 00:17:36,327 --> 00:17:37,662 And by "out" you mean... 326 00:17:37,995 --> 00:17:39,872 Well, I asked him on a date last month. 327 00:17:39,997 --> 00:17:42,792 We went out a few times, but we weren't right for each other. 328 00:17:42,917 --> 00:17:44,627 Too small or too large? 329 00:17:45,044 --> 00:17:48,506 (SIGHS) Is that medically relevant? 330 00:17:48,631 --> 00:17:51,217 I'm a doctor, and it's relevant to me, so, yes. 331 00:17:51,967 --> 00:17:53,594 We never got that far. 332 00:17:53,719 --> 00:17:57,056 We made out awhile, then he said he should go home. 333 00:17:58,015 --> 00:17:59,892 He's a real gentleman. 334 00:18:04,146 --> 00:18:06,315 Now, that'd be interesting. 335 00:18:08,651 --> 00:18:10,152 He's impotent. 336 00:18:12,697 --> 00:18:16,492 A steady diet of sunflower seeds causes a B6 toxicity, 337 00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:20,371 which causes autonomic dysregulation, which causes a wood-free existence. 338 00:18:20,496 --> 00:18:22,707 One bad night and a couple of sunflower seeds 339 00:18:22,832 --> 00:18:24,417 and he's got autonomic dysregulation? 340 00:18:24,542 --> 00:18:25,626 It's more than just one. 341 00:18:25,751 --> 00:18:29,547 He can't even remember the last time he was able to salute. It's cool, huh? 342 00:18:29,672 --> 00:18:32,967 B6 wouldn't show up on a tox screen, and we didn't find anything at the house. 343 00:18:33,092 --> 00:18:35,553 So, all we have to do is filter the B6 out of his blood. 344 00:18:35,678 --> 00:18:37,221 Prep him for plasmapheresis. 345 00:18:37,346 --> 00:18:40,266 Just because he didn't salute doesn't mean he can't. 346 00:18:40,599 --> 00:18:43,644 Can you find out where that voice keeps coming from 347 00:18:43,769 --> 00:18:45,146 and tell it to get out of my head? 348 00:18:45,271 --> 00:18:47,982 The impotence could be psychological. He's depressed, hates his job... 349 00:18:48,107 --> 00:18:49,525 Plasmapheresis has risks. 350 00:18:49,650 --> 00:18:52,403 He should spend a night in the sleep lab, see if he gets a reflex erection. 351 00:18:52,611 --> 00:18:55,448 Confirmation is for wimps and altar boys. 352 00:18:58,367 --> 00:18:59,744 We don't need to wait for a reflex. 353 00:18:59,869 --> 00:19:04,165 If he can't get engorged the way God intended, then he can't get engorged. 354 00:19:04,749 --> 00:19:06,667 I'm not showing him my boobs. 355 00:19:07,042 --> 00:19:09,920 Lack of response to your chest tells us nothing. 356 00:19:10,045 --> 00:19:12,089 Thirteen, show him... 357 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,008 (SIGHS) 358 00:19:14,133 --> 00:19:16,135 Where can I find a decent set of knockers around here? 359 00:19:16,343 --> 00:19:17,678 Your porn's in the second drawer. 360 00:19:23,267 --> 00:19:27,646 All set. Heart monitor, blood-pressure monitor, and the one on his junk. 361 00:19:29,565 --> 00:19:31,484 This is humiliating. 362 00:19:31,609 --> 00:19:33,569 We're going to close the blinds to give you some privacy. 363 00:19:33,694 --> 00:19:36,363 The instruments will let us monitor your response. 364 00:19:37,072 --> 00:19:40,326 I don't get this guy. He has the coolest gig ever, but he's miserable about it. 365 00:19:40,451 --> 00:19:42,036 Probably figures quitting won't do him any good. 366 00:19:42,161 --> 00:19:43,704 Figures he'd be unhappy anywhere. 367 00:19:43,829 --> 00:19:45,372 Our circumstances affect whether we're... 368 00:19:45,498 --> 00:19:47,458 You're pretty happy in this job, right? 369 00:19:47,583 --> 00:19:48,584 Sure. 370 00:19:48,709 --> 00:19:51,003 Have you ever had a job where you were miserable? 371 00:19:51,128 --> 00:19:53,756 I once sold men's fragrances in a department store. 372 00:19:53,881 --> 00:19:55,758 And were you miserable? 373 00:19:55,966 --> 00:19:57,176 The pay was awful. 374 00:19:57,301 --> 00:19:59,386 It was a miserable job, but you weren't miserable. 375 00:20:02,097 --> 00:20:04,141 So, what about you? Are you happy? 376 00:20:04,475 --> 00:20:05,768 Not particularly. 377 00:20:06,977 --> 00:20:08,479 Heart rate and BP are climbing. 378 00:20:08,604 --> 00:20:10,856 Got some activity on the tumescence monitor, as well. 379 00:20:10,981 --> 00:20:14,610 There's nothing wrong with his naughty. It's not B6 toxicity. 380 00:20:14,735 --> 00:20:15,694 (MONITOR BEEPING) 381 00:20:19,114 --> 00:20:21,075 Did he just finish? 382 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,162 Sometimes when you haven't, you know, for a while... 383 00:20:25,287 --> 00:20:26,580 (HEART MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY) 384 00:20:26,705 --> 00:20:30,084 His heart rate is through the roof. 220 and climbing. 385 00:20:30,209 --> 00:20:31,210 (GRUNTS) 386 00:20:31,585 --> 00:20:33,212 He's headed for cardiac arrest. 387 00:20:41,595 --> 00:20:43,389 We shocked his heart back into sinus rhythm. 388 00:20:43,514 --> 00:20:45,057 He's stable, at least for now. 389 00:20:45,182 --> 00:20:47,059 Could be some sort of atypical septic reaction. 390 00:20:47,518 --> 00:20:48,561 Not without a fever. 391 00:20:48,686 --> 00:20:50,479 Thus the word "atypical." 392 00:20:50,604 --> 00:20:52,898 In that case, it could be an atypical bunion. 393 00:20:53,023 --> 00:20:53,858 He used to smoke. 394 00:20:53,983 --> 00:20:56,485 Could be paraneoplastic syndrome caused by small-cell lung cancer. 395 00:20:56,610 --> 00:20:58,863 He quit 20 years ago, and his calcium levels are normal. 396 00:20:58,988 --> 00:21:00,114 Could be Graves' Disease. 397 00:21:00,239 --> 00:21:02,074 Extreme hyperthyroidism leads to systemic problems, 398 00:21:02,199 --> 00:21:05,202 including numbness, vision loss and cardiac arrest. 399 00:21:06,662 --> 00:21:08,581 You want to be here. 400 00:21:09,123 --> 00:21:10,666 I have to be here. 401 00:21:10,791 --> 00:21:12,793 Just say the word. I'll fire Thirteen. 402 00:21:12,918 --> 00:21:15,421 CAMERON: Just sign the forms. 403 00:21:15,546 --> 00:21:16,922 Smart move. I was bluffing. 404 00:21:17,965 --> 00:21:21,552 She's right. We should fry the thyroid before it fries him. 405 00:21:22,511 --> 00:21:26,599 I know it's more exciting this way, but shouldn't we confirm you're right 406 00:21:26,724 --> 00:21:29,685 before destroying one of the most important glands in his body? 407 00:21:29,810 --> 00:21:32,730 If that gland has drawn a bull's-eye on his heart, then, no. 408 00:21:32,855 --> 00:21:34,648 Nuking his thyroid puts him at risk 409 00:21:34,773 --> 00:21:37,318 for vascular lesions and all kinds of cancer. 410 00:21:37,443 --> 00:21:39,528 Protocol says we should do an iodine uptake test. 411 00:21:40,613 --> 00:21:41,947 We? 412 00:21:42,740 --> 00:21:44,408 Anyone else want to run a useless test 413 00:21:44,533 --> 00:21:47,870 while Brock's thyroid plots its next lethal move? 414 00:21:50,956 --> 00:21:52,249 It was rhetorical. 415 00:21:52,374 --> 00:21:54,793 You were sure about B6 toxicity, too. 416 00:21:54,919 --> 00:21:56,253 House is right. 417 00:21:58,756 --> 00:22:02,885 Seriously? I mean, I am, but you think so? 418 00:22:03,844 --> 00:22:07,056 If he goes into full-on thyroid storm, he'll die. 419 00:22:08,849 --> 00:22:10,893 We got to nuke his thyroid. 420 00:22:16,315 --> 00:22:17,483 Hang up the phone. 421 00:22:17,608 --> 00:22:19,026 Why? If we're going to nuke his thyroid... 422 00:22:19,151 --> 00:22:22,446 We're not nuking the guy's thyroid without proof that it's Graves'. 423 00:22:22,571 --> 00:22:24,114 Do the iodine uptake test. 424 00:22:24,239 --> 00:22:26,241 - If House finds out... - When House finds out... 425 00:22:26,367 --> 00:22:27,618 We'll have the test results. 426 00:22:27,743 --> 00:22:30,871 And we'll either do his procedure or we won't. 427 00:22:44,259 --> 00:22:45,594 What are you doing here? 428 00:22:45,719 --> 00:22:47,054 Just grabbing a snack. 429 00:22:48,055 --> 00:22:49,848 You keep food in the morgue? 430 00:22:49,974 --> 00:22:52,142 If I keep it in the lounge, everyone else eats it. 431 00:22:52,559 --> 00:22:55,312 That's because it's everyone else's food. 432 00:22:56,563 --> 00:22:59,274 I thought it was just everyone else's bags. 433 00:22:59,650 --> 00:23:02,111 The Accreditation Board will light us on fire for this. 434 00:23:02,236 --> 00:23:04,571 They're not going to find out. 435 00:23:04,697 --> 00:23:06,949 Unless, of course, Conway planned on inspecting the morgue 436 00:23:07,074 --> 00:23:09,284 in, say, two minutes. 437 00:23:10,995 --> 00:23:12,079 Is that why you're here? 438 00:23:12,204 --> 00:23:14,331 You're going to get me fired over a sandwich? 439 00:23:14,456 --> 00:23:18,711 No, over a TV. And you're not going to get fired because you're going to fold. 440 00:23:18,836 --> 00:23:20,295 No, I won't. 441 00:23:20,421 --> 00:23:23,716 But you're going to push it, so we need a safe word, 442 00:23:24,550 --> 00:23:27,511 so you can signal your unconditional surrender. 443 00:23:27,845 --> 00:23:32,266 Call me "sweet sauce." Dr. House. I don't think we've met. 444 00:23:32,391 --> 00:23:34,685 Dr. Jamie Conway. I've heard your name. 445 00:23:34,810 --> 00:23:37,104 Most people have. It's also a noun. 446 00:23:39,940 --> 00:23:43,861 I sometimes come down here to relax, unwind, maybe grab a... 447 00:23:43,986 --> 00:23:45,446 Sweet sauce. 448 00:23:47,448 --> 00:23:48,699 It's a nickname. 449 00:23:48,824 --> 00:23:50,075 An ironic nickname. 450 00:23:51,702 --> 00:23:55,664 Wow, it is almost 2:00. Aren't you supposed to be... 451 00:23:56,623 --> 00:24:00,294 Oh, yeah. Yeah, 'cause those sick blind kids 452 00:24:00,419 --> 00:24:01,962 aren't going to read to themselves. 453 00:24:02,838 --> 00:24:04,131 See you. 454 00:24:11,305 --> 00:24:17,269 I recommend skipping C26. Floater, been in the river at least a week. 455 00:24:17,728 --> 00:24:19,646 - Thanks for the warning. - Any time. 456 00:24:29,573 --> 00:24:33,410 Doesn't the doctors' lounge have that same TV? 457 00:24:33,619 --> 00:24:37,790 No, they've got a 12-inch exactly like the one that used to be in here. 458 00:24:38,624 --> 00:24:40,626 Your files are done. 459 00:24:40,751 --> 00:24:43,921 I'll be doing a dance of joy just as soon as my leg is healed. 460 00:24:44,046 --> 00:24:45,422 Can you tilt that down? 461 00:24:45,547 --> 00:24:46,882 I know the paperwork annoys you, 462 00:24:47,007 --> 00:24:50,344 but patient records are important. You can't just let them sit there. 463 00:24:50,469 --> 00:24:53,138 I had to, in the name of science. 464 00:24:53,263 --> 00:24:55,057 I let the crap pile up, 465 00:24:55,182 --> 00:24:58,685 then I see which team member is most self-flagellating. 466 00:24:58,811 --> 00:25:01,271 Breaks down, clears up the mess. 467 00:25:01,647 --> 00:25:04,733 Surprise was, it turned out to be you again. 468 00:25:05,818 --> 00:25:08,987 You weren't even registered as a competitor. 469 00:25:09,321 --> 00:25:11,740 - You miss me. - You miss me. 470 00:25:12,074 --> 00:25:13,659 You hired Thirteen to replace... 471 00:25:13,784 --> 00:25:16,453 Yeah, all pretty girls are fungible. 472 00:25:16,578 --> 00:25:18,247 You're avoiding. 473 00:25:18,622 --> 00:25:23,919 I miss the job. I miss running around playing private investigator. 474 00:25:24,253 --> 00:25:27,214 I miss the puzzles. 475 00:25:28,215 --> 00:25:30,467 Seriously, I'll fire Thirteen. 476 00:25:31,593 --> 00:25:33,971 Or Kutner, if you think Thirteen is hot. 477 00:25:35,556 --> 00:25:37,099 I don't miss you. 478 00:25:40,644 --> 00:25:43,438 EVAN: That iodine left a really weird aftertaste. 479 00:25:43,564 --> 00:25:46,483 That's the tracer in it. We'll have the images in a couple minutes. 480 00:25:48,193 --> 00:25:50,070 You must do okay with women, huh? 481 00:25:50,195 --> 00:25:51,905 I already asked him that. 482 00:25:53,073 --> 00:25:53,991 And? 483 00:25:54,491 --> 00:25:55,826 It's not all it's cracked up to be. 484 00:25:55,951 --> 00:25:58,287 He feels unfulfilled. 485 00:25:58,537 --> 00:25:59,454 I doubt it. 486 00:26:00,038 --> 00:26:01,415 I'm lying? 487 00:26:02,082 --> 00:26:04,126 I used to be a plastic surgeon. 488 00:26:04,418 --> 00:26:07,296 I'd talk about my work as shallow and meaningless. 489 00:26:09,256 --> 00:26:14,344 Truth is, I loved every boob job, every tummy tuck. 490 00:26:16,263 --> 00:26:18,056 Meaning doesn't mean that much. 491 00:26:18,724 --> 00:26:20,684 But you're not a plastic surgeon anymore. 492 00:26:22,352 --> 00:26:24,021 It's complicated. 493 00:26:24,146 --> 00:26:25,355 Are you happier? 494 00:26:27,191 --> 00:26:28,650 It's complicated. 495 00:26:28,775 --> 00:26:29,943 His thyroid looks normal. 496 00:26:31,403 --> 00:26:33,488 So, that's good news, right? 497 00:26:33,947 --> 00:26:35,741 Everything look too bright to you? 498 00:26:35,866 --> 00:26:36,950 It could be the monitor. 499 00:26:41,038 --> 00:26:44,291 It's not the monitor. It's the iodine. 500 00:26:45,751 --> 00:26:48,462 It's everywhere. His body's not filtering it. 501 00:26:48,587 --> 00:26:49,880 His kidneys are failing. 502 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,470 I told you to nuke his thyroid. 503 00:26:56,595 --> 00:26:59,723 It's a good thing we didn't. Kidney failure means it wasn't Graves'. 504 00:26:59,848 --> 00:27:03,852 So, your test screwed me and our patient's kidneys. 505 00:27:03,977 --> 00:27:05,395 You practically poisoned him with iodine. 506 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,273 Which he could have handled easily if his kidneys were healthy. 507 00:27:08,398 --> 00:27:11,276 All we did was reveal a new symptom. Usually you're all for that. 508 00:27:11,568 --> 00:27:13,946 It must be the rancid tinge of betrayal that's put me off. 509 00:27:14,071 --> 00:27:14,988 You were wrong. 510 00:27:15,113 --> 00:27:16,949 So, tell me to my face. 511 00:27:17,241 --> 00:27:20,661 You've never hesitated before. The board's turning you into a coward. 512 00:27:20,786 --> 00:27:22,621 I did it because it was the right thing to do. 513 00:27:22,746 --> 00:27:23,997 You did it to pass an inspection. 514 00:27:24,122 --> 00:27:25,749 Does it matter? 515 00:27:26,208 --> 00:27:27,960 Kidney failure on top of the other symptoms 516 00:27:28,085 --> 00:27:29,628 points to an autoimmune condition, 517 00:27:29,753 --> 00:27:33,006 which means that any of his other organs could be next. 518 00:27:33,340 --> 00:27:37,844 We've already started dialysis. We need to run ANA's for autoimmune. 519 00:27:38,804 --> 00:27:42,182 You're right. You and the team go measure the ceilings. 520 00:27:43,433 --> 00:27:44,351 Excuse me? 521 00:27:44,476 --> 00:27:46,103 Accreditation Board guidelines state that 522 00:27:46,228 --> 00:27:49,189 no object can be less than 18 inches from the ceiling. 523 00:27:49,314 --> 00:27:50,357 Make sure we're in compliance. 524 00:27:50,649 --> 00:27:52,442 There's nothing in our office that would be less... 525 00:27:52,567 --> 00:27:55,195 I don't mean us. I mean the whole hospital. 526 00:28:02,369 --> 00:28:04,871 Let's see how this baby handles. 527 00:28:06,415 --> 00:28:08,834 (WILSON BREATHING HEAVILY) 528 00:28:18,343 --> 00:28:21,096 - What? - You bought the firm mattress. 529 00:28:22,848 --> 00:28:24,558 I thought that's the one you wanted. 530 00:28:24,683 --> 00:28:26,143 It was. 531 00:28:26,893 --> 00:28:28,186 Why would you do that? 532 00:28:28,312 --> 00:28:29,313 Because... 533 00:28:31,523 --> 00:28:33,442 Is this a trick question? 534 00:28:33,567 --> 00:28:34,818 I left it up to you. 535 00:28:35,444 --> 00:28:38,196 You were supposed to get the one you wanted. 536 00:28:39,740 --> 00:28:42,034 I got the one you wanted because I love you. 537 00:28:42,159 --> 00:28:43,243 No. 538 00:28:47,497 --> 00:28:50,167 You did it because that's what you do. 539 00:28:50,625 --> 00:28:52,336 With all your ex-wives, you did whatever they wanted 540 00:28:52,461 --> 00:28:55,297 because it was easier, and you ended up resenting them. 541 00:28:56,548 --> 00:28:58,300 Don't you dare do that to me. 542 00:28:59,718 --> 00:29:01,261 What, take care of you? 543 00:29:02,554 --> 00:29:04,181 Have you met me? 544 00:29:04,681 --> 00:29:06,683 I can take care of me. 545 00:29:07,225 --> 00:29:09,269 I need you to take care of you. 546 00:29:11,146 --> 00:29:12,564 I have work to do. 547 00:29:15,859 --> 00:29:16,902 (SIGHS) 548 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:21,990 You made it to page eight. 549 00:29:23,784 --> 00:29:26,578 "Mysterious Hospital Visit for Soap Doc." 550 00:29:27,245 --> 00:29:29,956 Wow, I'll be sure to send my mom a copy. 551 00:29:33,085 --> 00:29:35,879 They told me I have an autoimmune disease, 552 00:29:36,004 --> 00:29:38,840 like Lupus or Sarcoidosis. 553 00:29:40,217 --> 00:29:42,719 That's what we're here to find out. 554 00:29:46,014 --> 00:29:48,934 You really as good as everyone seems to think you are? 555 00:29:49,309 --> 00:29:52,938 Are you really as miserable as everyone seems to think you are? 556 00:29:53,063 --> 00:29:56,900 I just want to do something that matters. 557 00:29:59,111 --> 00:30:00,946 Nothing matters. 558 00:30:01,071 --> 00:30:06,034 We're all just cockroaches, wildebeests dying on the riverbank. 559 00:30:07,577 --> 00:30:09,496 Nothing we do has any lasting meaning. 560 00:30:09,621 --> 00:30:11,706 And you think I'm miserable? 561 00:30:11,832 --> 00:30:14,918 If you're unhappy on the plane, jump out of it. 562 00:30:15,043 --> 00:30:16,503 I want to, 563 00:30:18,797 --> 00:30:19,965 but I can't. 564 00:30:21,550 --> 00:30:25,137 That's the problem with metaphors. They need interpretation. 565 00:30:25,804 --> 00:30:28,765 Jumping out of the plane is stupid. 566 00:30:29,182 --> 00:30:31,059 But what if I'm not in a plane? 567 00:30:32,894 --> 00:30:35,605 What if I'm just in a place I don't want to be? 568 00:30:37,899 --> 00:30:39,901 That's the other problem with metaphors. 569 00:30:40,026 --> 00:30:42,112 Yes, what if you're actually in an ice cream truck, 570 00:30:42,237 --> 00:30:44,698 and outside are candy and flowers and virgins? 571 00:30:44,823 --> 00:30:49,035 You're on a plane. We're all on planes. 572 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,583 Life is dangerous and complicated, and it's a long way down. 573 00:30:56,835 --> 00:30:58,712 So, you're afraid to change? 574 00:31:00,464 --> 00:31:02,340 No, you're afraid to change. 575 00:31:03,049 --> 00:31:07,345 You'd rather imagine that you can escape, instead of actually try, 576 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,475 because if you fail, you've got nothing. 577 00:31:12,517 --> 00:31:15,729 So, you'll give up the chance at something real, 578 00:31:15,854 --> 00:31:17,647 so that you can hold on to hope. 579 00:31:18,940 --> 00:31:21,985 Thing is, hope is for sissies. 580 00:31:25,530 --> 00:31:28,575 When I get out of here, I'm not going to be afraid anymore. 581 00:31:30,368 --> 00:31:33,163 I mean, how many guys get a second chance? 582 00:31:33,288 --> 00:31:38,168 Too many. Half the people I save don't deserve a second chance. 583 00:31:38,293 --> 00:31:41,671 Now that I've got mine, I'm going to set things right. 584 00:31:43,381 --> 00:31:47,761 I'm going to start by being a better father to you and to your sister. 585 00:31:49,137 --> 00:31:51,306 - And to your other sister. - And to your other sister. 586 00:31:52,599 --> 00:31:55,352 You realize you're reciting lines from last season? 587 00:31:55,477 --> 00:31:58,271 We're going to do all the things I promised. 588 00:31:59,773 --> 00:32:02,150 Just help me get out of this bed. 589 00:32:03,735 --> 00:32:05,278 (MONITORS BEEPING) 590 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:12,035 Cooling blankets in here. This guy's brain is about to boil. 591 00:32:12,577 --> 00:32:13,578 (SNAPS FINGERS) 592 00:32:13,995 --> 00:32:16,498 Do you know where you are? What's your name? 593 00:32:16,957 --> 00:32:18,625 Dr. Brock Sterling. 594 00:32:25,298 --> 00:32:27,259 THIRTEEN: Fever rules out autoimmune. He's septic. 595 00:32:27,384 --> 00:32:28,301 He's got a massive infection. 596 00:32:28,426 --> 00:32:30,220 KUTNER: We've got him on broad-spectrum antibiotics, 597 00:32:30,345 --> 00:32:32,722 but he's slipped from delirium into a coma. 598 00:32:33,056 --> 00:32:36,601 Good news is last time Brock was in a coma, he fathered two children. 599 00:32:36,726 --> 00:32:40,230 We need to identify the infection and get him on more targeted meds fast. 600 00:32:40,355 --> 00:32:42,440 What about pneumococcus? Causes heart problems and sepsis. 601 00:32:42,566 --> 00:32:45,110 But not the neuropathies in his foot and eyes. What about tetanus? it fits. 602 00:32:45,235 --> 00:32:47,821 He got a tetanus booster last year. Lyme disease? 603 00:32:47,946 --> 00:32:49,155 He would have been sore all over. 604 00:32:49,281 --> 00:32:50,949 There's a thousand infections that could have caused this. 605 00:32:51,074 --> 00:32:54,578 We can start testing, but he'll be dead before the cultures grow. 606 00:32:54,703 --> 00:32:58,707 Unless it's a fungus. We could see that under a microscope. 607 00:32:58,832 --> 00:33:02,586 Test for fungi, parasites, all creatures great and small. 608 00:33:03,295 --> 00:33:06,631 - Where are you going? - To lie down. I need to think. 609 00:33:10,552 --> 00:33:15,348 Could be rat bite fever, but his glands aren't swollen. 610 00:33:17,767 --> 00:33:20,103 Which one are you going to get? 611 00:33:20,353 --> 00:33:22,480 She told me to get the one I want. 612 00:33:22,606 --> 00:33:23,648 So get it. 613 00:33:24,899 --> 00:33:29,613 Listeria explains the sepsis, possibly also the heart problem. 614 00:33:29,738 --> 00:33:31,197 But not the numbness. 615 00:33:31,906 --> 00:33:33,867 If the listeria caused encephalomyelitis, 616 00:33:33,992 --> 00:33:35,827 which then caused the numbness... 617 00:33:37,078 --> 00:33:38,997 I want a waterbed. 618 00:33:45,003 --> 00:33:46,212 Wow. 619 00:33:46,338 --> 00:33:50,508 I've always wanted one. I know it's ridiculous, it's just 620 00:33:50,634 --> 00:33:54,554 there's something nice about the thought of being rocked to sleep in water. 621 00:33:57,599 --> 00:34:01,061 No mocking? No Freudian analysis of how the waterbed 622 00:34:01,186 --> 00:34:04,522 is really a great big vagina I want to crawl into? 623 00:34:04,648 --> 00:34:07,442 I'm ignoring you because you make me sad. 624 00:34:08,026 --> 00:34:10,654 He's on ampicillin, which means if it was listeria, 625 00:34:10,779 --> 00:34:12,030 he would've shown some improvement. 626 00:34:12,155 --> 00:34:16,493 No, it's a whole thing. You need special sheets and insurance and... 627 00:34:16,618 --> 00:34:20,038 Who cares? You wanted one your whole life. 628 00:34:20,163 --> 00:34:23,333 You're a grown-up. You can afford it. Stores sell them. 629 00:34:23,458 --> 00:34:26,127 Most adults don't go through life like you do, House, 630 00:34:26,252 --> 00:34:28,004 indulging our every whim. 631 00:34:28,421 --> 00:34:30,131 Then you don't deserve to be happy. 632 00:34:30,256 --> 00:34:32,300 And yet I am. You? 633 00:34:39,349 --> 00:34:41,559 Amber will think it's stupid. 634 00:34:44,688 --> 00:34:46,231 It is stupid. 635 00:34:51,277 --> 00:34:53,363 Live the dream, Wilson. 636 00:34:56,700 --> 00:35:00,578 It's not an infection. It's an allergy. 637 00:35:00,704 --> 00:35:02,831 That's why it's not responding to antibiotics. 638 00:35:02,956 --> 00:35:04,457 This isn't a soap opera, House. 639 00:35:04,582 --> 00:35:07,335 People don't just wake up from comas the second you give them drugs. 640 00:35:07,460 --> 00:35:10,588 Especially if we give them the wrong drugs. What do the tests say? 641 00:35:10,714 --> 00:35:12,966 It was negative for fungus and parasites, but that doesn't mean... 642 00:35:13,091 --> 00:35:15,009 The more infections we rule out, the more likely it is 643 00:35:15,135 --> 00:35:16,177 that it's not an infection. 644 00:35:16,302 --> 00:35:19,347 He has no history of allergies or asthma. Most importantly, 645 00:35:19,472 --> 00:35:22,308 none of his symptoms remotely resemble an allergic reaction. 646 00:35:22,434 --> 00:35:24,728 Allergens could trigger an allergic vasculitis. 647 00:35:24,853 --> 00:35:27,188 - That would explain the symptoms. - One in a million times. 648 00:35:27,313 --> 00:35:29,232 Septic infection always explains his symptoms. 649 00:35:29,357 --> 00:35:32,152 But an infection is never resistant to every antibiotic. 650 00:35:32,277 --> 00:35:33,528 No, an infection is rarely resistant. 651 00:35:33,653 --> 00:35:36,448 And allergy never responds to antibiotics. 652 00:35:36,573 --> 00:35:38,950 "Never" beats "rarely." QED, I win. 653 00:35:39,075 --> 00:35:40,910 There were chrysanthemums in his dressing room. 654 00:35:41,035 --> 00:35:43,455 My God, why didn't you say he'd been exposed to plant life? 655 00:35:43,580 --> 00:35:47,333 Chrysanthemums contain pyrethrin. It's a neurotoxin and a known allergen. 656 00:35:47,459 --> 00:35:50,962 He has an infection. If we give him steroids, we'll kill him. 657 00:35:51,087 --> 00:35:53,381 He has an allergy. If we don't give him steroids, we'll kill him. 658 00:35:53,506 --> 00:35:54,507 Not as fast. 659 00:35:54,632 --> 00:35:55,842 Fast enough. 660 00:35:55,967 --> 00:35:58,011 You don't have time for the rest of the tests. We have to do something. 661 00:35:58,136 --> 00:36:00,430 And what we're doing right now isn't working. 662 00:36:03,641 --> 00:36:06,394 Hundred milligrams methylprednisolone. 663 00:36:06,519 --> 00:36:07,937 Patients' names? 664 00:36:08,062 --> 00:36:09,481 It's one patient. 665 00:36:09,606 --> 00:36:13,318 You want to give one patient 100 milligrams? That'll jump-start a car. 666 00:36:13,443 --> 00:36:16,488 Perfect, my patient's a '69 Ford Coma. 667 00:36:16,613 --> 00:36:19,157 Anything over 50 milligrams, I need a sign-off from Dr. Cuddy. 668 00:36:19,282 --> 00:36:21,367 It's protocol, and the inspector's here. 669 00:36:21,493 --> 00:36:24,871 I am 99% certain that she'll consent. 670 00:36:24,996 --> 00:36:27,540 But for the sake of the 1%, why don't I just... 671 00:36:27,999 --> 00:36:29,709 You're not allowed back here. 672 00:36:29,834 --> 00:36:32,295 Well, tell the inspector he can put it on my tab. 673 00:36:37,801 --> 00:36:39,385 I didn't mean now. 674 00:36:50,355 --> 00:36:53,900 100 milligrams of methylprednisolone is an overdose. 675 00:36:54,025 --> 00:36:55,485 We were wrong about the infection. 676 00:36:55,610 --> 00:36:57,904 He's suffering from a severe allergic reaction. 677 00:36:58,363 --> 00:37:00,281 The team hasn't finished the test for allergy. 678 00:37:00,698 --> 00:37:03,326 - His symptoms don't... - In rare cases... 679 00:37:04,202 --> 00:37:06,371 Trust me, at the end of this conversation, I'm right. 680 00:37:06,496 --> 00:37:08,832 Then confirm it. Get a blood test. 681 00:37:08,957 --> 00:37:12,502 What is it about this severe and deepening coma 682 00:37:12,627 --> 00:37:14,045 that makes you think we've got time for protocol? 683 00:37:14,170 --> 00:37:15,839 Protocol has saved your patient from having his 684 00:37:15,964 --> 00:37:18,591 thyroid destroyed and his blood drained. 685 00:37:19,008 --> 00:37:23,847 If you think I'm wrong, tell me I'm wrong. Don't talk about protocol. 686 00:37:27,183 --> 00:37:30,770 My job's on the line. Your job is on the line. 687 00:37:33,815 --> 00:37:35,525 Okay, here's what you do. 688 00:37:36,276 --> 00:37:39,863 You wait three minutes, then you call security. 689 00:37:39,988 --> 00:37:43,241 By the time they get in here to lock me up, I'll be done. 690 00:37:43,366 --> 00:37:46,411 He gets to live. Your ass gets to be covered. 691 00:37:52,125 --> 00:37:57,297 If he dies, let me know, so I can pack my things. 692 00:38:47,847 --> 00:38:52,352 Tests are negative. Patient's negative for all floral allergies. 693 00:38:55,021 --> 00:38:58,858 I'm going to restart the antibiotics. 694 00:39:01,444 --> 00:39:03,237 If he's still alive. 695 00:39:12,956 --> 00:39:15,166 Ampicillin, two grams, IV. 696 00:39:16,793 --> 00:39:20,296 Why? The steroids worked. House was right. 697 00:39:20,421 --> 00:39:21,422 The test was negative. 698 00:39:21,547 --> 00:39:22,882 FOREMAN: He was still right. 699 00:39:24,175 --> 00:39:25,677 It was an allergy. 700 00:39:25,802 --> 00:39:26,970 To what? 701 00:39:28,930 --> 00:39:30,139 Thank you. 702 00:39:34,310 --> 00:39:35,812 I was wrong. 703 00:39:37,522 --> 00:39:39,524 You should have stopped me. 704 00:39:43,987 --> 00:39:47,031 Heard about House's patient. Bold move. 705 00:39:48,324 --> 00:39:50,535 And you backed him. 706 00:39:50,660 --> 00:39:51,744 He was right. 707 00:39:52,495 --> 00:39:55,081 He wasn't even in the same neighborhood as right. 708 00:39:55,206 --> 00:39:56,207 The patient's alive. 709 00:39:56,332 --> 00:40:00,128 Okay, the rules exist because 95% of the time, 710 00:40:00,253 --> 00:40:02,755 for 95% of people, they're the right thing to do. 711 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,799 And the other 5%? 712 00:40:04,924 --> 00:40:06,509 Have to live by the same rules. 713 00:40:07,093 --> 00:40:09,929 Because everybody thinks they're in that 5%. 714 00:40:12,765 --> 00:40:13,766 Okay- 715 00:40:14,726 --> 00:40:16,769 I noticed that Dr. Chase... 716 00:40:38,082 --> 00:40:40,043 What are you doing out here? 717 00:40:41,794 --> 00:40:43,963 I can't sleep. I hate the waterbed. 718 00:40:49,093 --> 00:40:51,179 I actually kind of like it. 719 00:40:51,304 --> 00:40:53,056 No, it's awful. 720 00:40:54,891 --> 00:40:57,060 We're returning it tomorrow. 721 00:40:58,311 --> 00:40:59,479 Okay- 722 00:41:07,695 --> 00:41:08,738 (WILSON SIGHS) 723 00:41:10,615 --> 00:41:12,575 I'm glad you got it, though. 724 00:41:13,910 --> 00:41:15,078 Me, too. 725 00:41:18,206 --> 00:41:20,541 I hope they'll take it back. 726 00:41:22,585 --> 00:41:24,087 They will. 727 00:41:26,380 --> 00:41:27,381 (WILSON LAUGHS) 728 00:41:30,843 --> 00:41:33,346 ANNA: You promised me you'd stop drinking. 729 00:41:35,014 --> 00:41:37,016 BROCK: Of course I'm drunk, Anna. 730 00:41:37,141 --> 00:41:39,352 They told me you'd never wake up from that coma. 731 00:41:39,477 --> 00:41:42,605 But how could you get engaged to my sister? 732 00:41:46,943 --> 00:41:48,820 We fell in love. 733 00:41:49,821 --> 00:41:52,865 What do you want from me, Anna? I'm just a man. 734 00:41:53,616 --> 00:41:55,159 And I'm just a woman. 735 00:41:55,284 --> 00:41:57,578 And as thrilled as I am about The Lady Slipper being 736 00:41:57,703 --> 00:42:00,748 the best nightclub Port Lawrence has ever seen... 737 00:42:07,505 --> 00:42:09,924 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 738 00:42:17,682 --> 00:42:18,558 Hello. 739 00:42:18,683 --> 00:42:22,562 HOUSE: Don't hang up. What was the verdict? 740 00:42:22,687 --> 00:42:24,063 $200,000 fine. 741 00:42:25,439 --> 00:42:26,899 You should have been fired. 742 00:42:27,024 --> 00:42:27,900 Good night, House. 743 00:42:28,025 --> 00:42:29,819 There are bubbles in his glass. 744 00:42:29,944 --> 00:42:31,112 Can't this wait until... 745 00:42:31,237 --> 00:42:34,073 My patient. He's allergic to quinine. 746 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,120 And you got this from bubbles? 747 00:42:39,245 --> 00:42:41,164 His symptoms started two months ago. 748 00:42:41,289 --> 00:42:43,875 That's also when Brock started downing gin and tonics 749 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,169 like a Brit staving off malaria. 750 00:42:47,378 --> 00:42:49,922 Gin was fake, the tonic was real. 751 00:42:50,506 --> 00:42:53,509 And tonic water is loaded with quinine. 752 00:42:55,303 --> 00:42:56,596 Nice job. 753 00:42:57,263 --> 00:42:58,764 You should have been fired. 754 00:42:58,890 --> 00:43:00,099 I'm taking back the TV. 755 00:43:00,224 --> 00:43:01,392 I saved his life. 756 00:43:01,517 --> 00:43:02,602 That wasn't the deal. 757 00:43:02,727 --> 00:43:06,022 The contract clearly stated no takesie-backsies. 758 00:43:06,439 --> 00:43:07,523 Good night, House. 759 00:43:07,648 --> 00:43:09,233 What are you wearing? 760 00:43:09,609 --> 00:43:12,486 - Good night, House. - Good night, Cuddy.